CITRUS PRE-SEASON WORKSHOP 2021 DALRRD PRESENTATION - DIRECTORATE INSPECTION SERVICES - PPECB
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CITRUS PRE-SEASON WORKSHOP 2021
DALRRD PRESENTATION
PRESENTER: TANKISO MPHOLO
DIRECTORATE INSPECTION SERVICESCONTENT
❑ 2020 EU Performance
❑ EU Risk Management Changes 2021
❑ Plan for 2021
❑ DIS Contact details
2HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2020 SEASON
❑ Changed EU regulation (14 December 2019):
▪ Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019:
Establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/ 2031
❑ Import challenges in EU due to varying interpretations (of the new regulation)
by EU member countries
❑ Electronic certification of all Phytosanitary Certificates by NPPOZA
❑ TRACES electronic communication systems in the EU
❑ EU Commission reviewing the effectiveness of the Citrus FMS by EFSA (for SA and Israel)
3PHYTOS ISSUED TO THE EU MEMBER COUNTRIES
2019 2020
18000 16984
16000 15326
Number of phytos
14000
12000
10000
8000
6781 5412
6000 3898
4000 2176
2000 21 110 762 49 144 540 16 171 62 164 203 271 3400 1119
541 26 14
0 1941
569 1248
14 99 28 62 152 7 115 81 256 159 137 374 17 2
4LOCAL INTERCEPTIONS (CBS)
Alert list 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Orchards Orchards Orchards Orchards Orchards
January
February 1 10 2
March 1 7 7 16
April 17 8 29 26 28
May 67 10 19 11 32
June 33 16 11 7 23
July 21 33 18 16 23
August 16 26 14 31 10
September 3 9 6 6 2
October 1
TOTAL 157 104 105 114 136
5CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOCAL CBS INTERCEPTIONS
INTERCEPTIONS HITS CONTRIBUTION HITS CONTRIBUTION HITS CONTRIBUTION
(2018) (2018) (2019) (2019) (2020) (2020)
Ethephon test 1 1% 1 1% 11 8%
600 fruit 12 11% 6 5% 5 4%
sampling
Re-inspections 2 2% 1 1% 0 0
Orchard 61 58% 60 53% 83 61%
inspection
Pack house 29 28% 46 40% 37 27%
inspection
TOTAL 105 114 136
6LOCAL CBS INTERCEPTIONS PER FRUIT TYPE
30 27
25
20 21
20
Axis Title
16 15
15
11 10
10
5
5 2 3 2 2
1 1
0
Feb March April May June July Aug Sept
Easy peeler 1 1 3
Grape fruit
Lemons 2 16 27 20 5 2
Oranges 11 15 21 10 2
7TOTAL VOLUNTARY ORCHARD WITHDRAWAL
2500
2184
2000
1633
1500
1281
1145 1092
1043
1000 840
500
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
8TOTAL EU INTERCEPTIONS AND NON-COMPLIANCES
Reason 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total harmful organisms 13 86 12 31 20
P. citricarpa 4 23 2 9 6
T. leucotreta 8 68 9 19 14
Non-European Tephritidae 1 0 1 3 0
WPM (ISPM15) 0 0 2 0 0
Documentation 13 4 2 16 13
Peduncles 0 0 0 0 0
9GLOBAL CBS INTERCEPTIONS IN EU (CITRUS)
90 85
80
70
60
50
40
2019
30
17 2020
20
7 6 8 9 6 8
10 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
0
Agentin South Zimbab
China Uganda Guinea Tunisia Uruguai Brazil
a Africa we
2019 2 1 1 7 17 6 9
2020 5 0 0 0 85 8 6 8 1
10LOCAL FCM INTERCEPTIONS PER CITRUS TYPE
451
402
155
80 67
52 37
31 28
Oranges Grape fruit Soft citrus
2018 155 52 37
2019 451 31 80
2020 402 28 67
11EU INTERCEPTIONS BY MEMBER COUNTRY
NUMBER OF FCM INTERCEPTION
COUNTRY
2017 2018 2019 2020
Netherlands 54 7 13 13
France 6 0 2 1
UK 1 2 0 0
Lithuania 1 0 0 0
Portugal 1 0 0 0
Spain 1 0 0 0
Belgium 0 0 1 0
Bulgaria 0 0 2 0
Poland 0 0 1 0
12GLOBAL FCM INTERCEPTIONS IN EU (CITRUS)
2019 2020
20 19
18
16
14
14
12
10
8
6
6
4
4
2 1 1
0
Israel Zimbabwe South Africa
13LOCAL FRUIT FLY INTERCEPTIONS
160
140
120
100
80 2019
60 2020
40
20
0
WC EC LIMP KZN MP
2019 58 4 5 2 160
2020 28 18 6 0 8
14RISK MANAGEMENT CHANGES 2021
❑ CITRUS BLACK SPOT (CBS):
▪ Official recognition of the CRI Phytrisk as a system for predicting the risk of CBS
(Laeveld Agrochem and QMS)
❑ FALSE CODLING MOTH (FCM):
▪ Compulsory registration of role players on Phytclean (third party & loading facility)
▪ Correct number of data trees as well as their markings
▪ Threshold for action for infested fruit during 12-4 weeks prior harvest from 0.2 to >0
▪ PPECB to record the serial number of portable logger (FMS approved device)
▪ Voluntary withdrawal under the FMS (different from that of CBS)
▪ Orchards intercepted in EU for FCM will be suspended for the remainder of the season
▪ Phytclean option to indicate completion of harvest (to stop FCM processes)
15PLAN FOR 2021: CBS AND FCM
1. Citrus Black Spot (CBS)
• Possible increase in CBS incidents in 2021 (Due to high/ good rains)
• CRI Cutting Edge No.313 on withdrawal to avoid CBS hits
• Orchard inspection mandate back to DALRRD
• Electronic inspection platform (will be announced)
• Future of Mancozeb in the EU
2. False Codling Moth (FCM)
• Audits by the independent team on system approach activities (high risk areas)
• Audits by the DALRRD officials (all provinces)
3. Verifications and orchard inspections
• Verifications started on the 16 February 2021 (done through emails)
• EU verifications through Phytclean started on the 03 March 2021
• Orchard inspections started in February 2021 with the early varieties
• Growers may still upload PQIs on Phytclean (DALRRD to update inspections status)
16PLAN FOR 2021: VERIFICATIONS FOR SPECIAL MARKETS
1. Verifications for EU are done on Phytclean.
2. Verifications for Korea, China, Thailand, USA and Philippines through emails:
OFFICE EMAIL ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON CONTACT NUMBER
Eastern Cape EC.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Esona Seku 060 973 0522
Gauteng GT.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Poppie Molebatsi 060 973 3080
KwaZulu Natal KZN.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Zakhona Mdlalose 060 974 1707
Nelspruit NEL.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Harry Hlekane 060 973 5376
Northern Cape NC.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Onkabetse Lentswe 066 410 9677
Polokwane POL.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Mahlogonolo Lebea 072 209 6927
Western Cape WC.verify@dalrrd.gov.za Liezl Wentzel 060 973 0742
CLOSING DATE FOR VERIFICATIONS IS 31 MARCH 2021
17PLAN FOR 2021: NEW REGULATION BY UK
• Brexit completed in December 2020
• New Phytosanitary Regulation from 01 January 2021:
» The Plant Health (phytosanitary Conditions)(Amendment)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020
• New regulation only applicable to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) but excludes
Norther Ireland
• 15 Product excepted from phytosanitary certificates and therefore no regulatory procedures
are applicable anymore (i.e. citrus, mango, kumquats, persimmon, Pineapples, Dates etc.).
• DALRRD communicated details on the letter to FPEF on the 12 February 2021
18PLAN FOR 2021: MANAGEMENT OF MEALYBUG FOR KOREA
1. GROWER RESPONSIBILITIES
• Growers must diligently follow Good Agricultural Practices for mealybug control, as outlined
in CRI Production Guidelines, which will be updated from time to time.
• Each grower producing fruit for export to South Korea must have a PUC specific plan for
mealybug management.
• Growers must keep records of mealybug monitoring data and control interventions applied.
• Growers must be selective about the orchards presented for registration verification to
export to South Korea. Any orchards that have any infestation of any actionable mealybug
species at shortly before harvest must be withdrawn.
• During verification, scouting records must be presented, including noting of the presence of
any actionable mealybug species. Regular scouting in orchards must be undertaken as
prescribed in the CRI IPM guidelines for mealybug (www.citrusres.com) and as reminded in
CRI’s Cutting Edge No 268.
19PLAN FOR 2021: MANAGEMENT OF MEALYBUG FOR KOREA
2. PACK HOUSES RESPONSIBILITIES
• Each packhouse handling fruit for export to South Korea must have on record a plan detailing
measures to minimise the risk of packing fruit infested with actionable mealybugs.
• On first delivery of fruit from an orchard to the pack house, a sample of 100 fruit must be
inspected for mealybugs. Inspection must also be conducted under the calyx of the fruit and
a magnifying glass must be used. If the fruit are Navel oranges, inspection must also be
conducted inside the navel-end if there is any sign of residues or sooty mould on the fruit. If
any infested fruit is found, the fruit in the delivery must not be packed for the South Korean
market. If any actionable mealybug species are found, the orchard must not be packed for
South Korea.
• Online graders and sorters must be alerted and trained to look specifically for mealybug
infested fruit, including any signs of sooty mould, on the packing line and to diligently remove
any fruit suspected of being infested. Graders and sorters must immediately report excessive
findings to the packhouse manager.
20PLAN FOR 2021: MANAGEMENT OF MEALYBUG FOR KOREA
3. PPECB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• PPECB must ensure that the pack house inspections are conducted with a zero tolerance
for live actionable and unidentifiable mealybugs.
• In the event of a PPECB rejection for unidentifiable mealybugs, the pack house or grower
must be given the option of having a laboratory mealybug species identification conducted.
The consignment will be put on hold by PPECB pending the result.
• Samples must be submitted by the pack house to DALRRD or CRI laboratories
• If the non-actionable mealybug specimens are identified (e.g. P. citri) the consignment can
be approved for export to South Korea.
• PPECB must inspect and reject for marking requirements at the pack house.
21PLAN FOR 2021: MANAGEMENT OF MEALYBUG FOR KOREA
4. PORT INSPECTIONS
• If unidentifiable mealybugs are encountered during port inspections of fruit for export to
South Korea, the grower / exporter will be given the choice of having a laboratory species
identification conducted to determine if the specimens are non-actionable (e.g. P. citri). The
consignment will be put on hold by DALRRD pending the result.
• Samples must be submitted to the DALRRD diagnostic lab in Stellenbosch or Citrus
Research International’s Laboratory in Nelspruit.
22PLAN FOR 2021: MANAGEMENT OF MEALYBUG FOR KOREA
1. Samples of mealybugs intercepted by PPECB in KZN, EC and WC and those intercepted
by DALRRD inspectors at the Durban port facility will be forwarded to the DALRRD Plant
Health Diagnostic Laboratory in Stellenbosch
2. Samples of mealybugs intercepted by PPECB in the northern Mpumalanga and Limpopo
areas will be forwarded to Citrus Research International (CRI) diagnostic laboratory
situated in Nelspruit.
3. Unofficial grower/ pack house samples should be sent to CRI Nelspruit.
4. Packaging and shipping:
Vials should be enclosed with packaging material to prevent breakage, placed in box or
packaging envelope and sent with an overnight courier or delivered by hand.
Sample information required should be completed in full as per diagnostic form
requirements.
5. Clients (PUC or Packhouse) will be invoiced according to the tariffs published in the
Government Gazette (No 43016) for the PCR identification
23PLAN FOR 2021: MANAGEMENT OF MEALYBUG FOR KOREA
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR SOUTH KOREA
A.The producer may voluntarily withdraw a Production Unit (PU) or orchards that are
deemed to pose a mealybug risk.
B.Rejection of a consignment due to wrong carton markings at the phytosanitary port
inspections will trigger an urgent investigation of the pack house by DALRRD
C.The reason for the occurrence of the wrong carton markings will be investigated, in
conjunction with any measures that may be implemented by the pack house to avoid a
recurrence. Based on the outcome of the investigation, DALRRD will decide if the pack
house will be suspended from packing for South Korea for the remainder of the season.
D. Packhouses that have been suspended for wrong carton markings at phytosanitary port
inspections for two (02) consecutive export seasons shall not be allowed to register to pack
fruit for export to South Korea in the third export season.
24PLAN FOR 2021: OTHER MATTERS
1. EU’s Remote Plant Health Audit 2021-7288 (proposed 28 April to 7 May 2021) Postponed
2. Packhouse verifications for EU and special market and will be done by PPECB:
• Will start immediately and completed by end of April 2021.
3. Ethephon test for 2021 on Valencias will start 04 April to 30 June 2021:
• Sampling and dipping under the supervision of DALRRD.
• Inspection after incubation will be done by PPECB.
4. Philippines market for citrus is still pending approval.
5. Vietnam market for citrus is still pending approval.
6. China market: Approval from MAFF to consider higher shipping temp for lemons is pending.
7. Japan market: MAFF inspectors will not come to SA for pre-approval, 2020 status quo remains.
8. India market: Pre-shipment procedure trial undertaken by the PPECB.
9. Korea market: Awaiting response regarding inspectors (mealybug and markings still a problem)
25CONTACT PERSONS FOR REGIONAL OFFICES:
REGION CONTACT PERSON CONTACTS
NATIONAL Deputy Director : Gilbert Mediroe GilbertM@dalrrd.gov.za
012 309 8701/8740
Manager: Kuben Naidoo Email: KubenN@dalrrd.gov.za;
Tel: 031 368 8502
KZN Technical Assistance :
Charles Mntambo; Email: CharlesM@dalrrd.gov.za
Kasavan Naicker; Email: KasavanN@dalrrd.gov.za;
Email SiyandaN@dalrrd.gov.za
Siyanda Ngema Tel: 031 368 8500/1
GAUTENG Manager: Joey Coetzee Email: JoeyC@dalrrd.gov.za
Tel: 011 971 5106
Technical Assistance: Email: PoppieM@dalrrd.gov.za;
Gauteng: Poppie Molebatsi Tel: 013 754 0700/12/16
Nelspruit: Harry Hlekane Email: HarryH@dalrrd.gov.za
Tel: 060 973 5376
Polokwane: Kgakelane Manasoe Email: KgakelaneM@dalrrd.gov.za
26CONTACT PERSONS FOR REGIONAL OFFICES:
REGION CONTACT PERSON CONTACTS
Manager: Preggy Pillay Email: PreggyP@dalrrd.gov.za
Tel: 041 484 2725
EASTERN CAPE Technical Assistance:
Makhosi Mchunu Email: MakhosiMc@dalrrd.gov.za
Esona Seku Email: EsonaS@dalrrd.gov.za
Tel: 041 484 2725
Manager: Gcobani Tsako Email: GcobaniT@dalrrd.gov.za
Tel: 021 809 1641
WESTERN CAPE Technical Assistance: Email: LiezlVR@dalrrd.gov.za
Liezl Wentzel Tel: 021 809 1646
Lonwabo Magadule Email: LonwaboM@dalrrd.gov.za
Tel: 021 809 0218
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